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• Facilitate a Tourism Security Action Plan vessels, the largest class of vessels today, thus
enhancing Tobago’s competitiveness in the
• Implement an efficient and effective coastal cruise industry while creating additional
surveillance programme employment opportunities for Tobagonians

• Construct modern Police Stations and Fire • Facilitate and support the THA in the
Stations at strategic locations in Tobago, such as construction of an Industrial Port in Tobago, thus
Courland increasing marketing opportunities, lowering
prices for consumers, and creating job
• Construct a Modern Correctional Facility at opportunities for Tobagonians
Hope
• Support the THA to invest in cheap, clean,
• Support the THA in implementing an island- sustainable energy technologies, which will
wide Waste Water Collection and Treatment improve energy efficiency, create sustainable
Programme and Integrated Solid Waste employment opportunities, and reduce poverty
Management Programme, including: and the effects of climate change
remediation of the Studly Park landfill and related
solid waste management operations that • Facilitate and support the THA in the
negatively impact the island’s ecosystem; construction of an Industrial Port in Tobago, thus
establishment of a robust and comprehensive increasing marketing opportunities, lowering
waste collection and recycling programme that prices for consumers, and creating job
will assist in the development of recycling opportunities for Tobagonians
businesses
• Support the THA Regional Development and
• Support the THA in meeting the needs for Post- Revitalization Programme, which promotes
Secondary and Tertiary Education in Tobago, balanced social and economic development
including the establishment of the Tobago throughout Tobago
Training Agency (TTA) and upgrading the Tobago
Hospitality and Tourism Institute (THTI) to a full-
fledged university

• Support the THA in pursuing special initiatives
to enhance the economic development of
Tobago, including designating specific areas as
Economic Development Zones at selected
locations

• Collaborate with the THA to formalize land
rights in Tobago as a prerequisite for improved
security of land tenure and sustainable
development

• Establish marinas at suitable locations in
Tobago

• Facilitate and support the THA in the
establishment of dedicated cruise ship berths,
capable of accommodating the Oasis Class

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